Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Cricket: India batter Iyer to make test debut against New Zealand
By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI (Reuters) - India batter Shreyas Iyer will make his test debut against New Zealand in the opening match at Kanpur, the hosts' stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane said on Wednesda...
Thomson Reuters Nov 24, 2021
Residents patrol Ethiopian capital after Tigrayan forces' advance
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Every afternoon, Getachew Megersa searches the Ethiopian capital for undercover agents. The 55-year-old construction worker says it's not the first time he's defended his count...
Thomson Reuters Nov 24, 2021
French court convicts soccer star Benzema of attempted blackmail
PARIS (Reuters) - A Court in Versailles on Wednesday found France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema guilty of complicity in the attempted blackmail of former international team mate Mathieu Valbue...
Thomson Reuters Nov 24, 2021
Japan to spend $313 billion in extra budget as tax income overshoots - draft
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government is set to compile an extra budget for this fiscal year featuring spending worth 36 trillion yen ($313 billion), with additional new bond issuance at 22.1 trillion ...
Thomson Reuters Nov 24, 2021
Indian government's plan to ban cryptocurrencies leads to heavy selling - investors
By Nupur Anand MUMBAI (Reuters) - Plans by the Indian government for a new bill that would bar most private cryptocurrencies has triggered heavy selling in the country's digital currency markets, as i...
Thomson Reuters Nov 24, 2021
Head of French telecoms group Orange convicted of misuse of public funds
PARIS (Reuters) - Stephane Richard, the head of France's biggest telecoms company Orange, was convicted Wednesday of complicity of misuse of public funds by a Paris appeals court. The case dated back ...
Thomson Reuters Nov 24, 2021
Hungary reports record daily COVID-19 cases
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary reported a record 12,637 new daily COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 1.045 million with 33,519 deaths, a government tally showed on Wednesday. Hungary, a country of 10...
Thomson Reuters Nov 24, 2021
China says it will release oil reserves according to its needs
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will release crude oil from its reserves according to its needs, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday, adding that the country was in close communication with oil-p...
Thomson Reuters Nov 24, 2021
China developer Kaisa plans to propose 1.5-yr extension for bond due Dec 7-REDD
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Cash-strapped Chinese property developer Kaisa Group plans to propose an extension of one-and-a-half years for its $400 million dollar bond maturing on Dec. 7, financial intellig...
Thomson Reuters Nov 24, 2021
Exclusive-South Africa delays COVID vaccine deliveries as inoculations slow
By Promit Mukherjee JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has asked Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer to delay delivery of COVID-19 vaccines because it now has too much stock, health ministry officials sai...
Thomson Reuters Nov 24, 2021
